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Hong Kong law professor Angela Zhang sees the authorities' efforts to discipline Chinese tech companies as "clumsy and very costly." The sometimes opaque regulations of the past 18 months in particular have unsettled the tech industry and investors. Beijing's proposal to chip in with "golden shares" doesn't improve the situation either. Zhang explains where the sticking points lie.
Von Redaktion Table
Die Hongkonger Juraprofessorin Angela Zhang sieht die Bemühungen der Behörden, chinesische Technologieunternehmen zu disziplinieren als "ungeschickt und sehr kostspielig" an. Gerade die teils undurchsichtigen Vorschriften der vergangenen 18 Monate haben die Tech-Branche und die Anleger verunsichert. Auch Pekings Vorschlag, sich mit "goldenen Aktien" einzubringen, verbessert die Lage nicht. Zhang erklärt, wo die Knackpunkte liegen.
Von Redaktion Table
Only two months after the first Commission proposal, the European institutions have agreed on a new gas storage regulation. Through the Council, however, the member states pushed through several exceptions.
Von Manuel Berkel
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is pursuing a similar course to France's head of state Emmanuel Macron in terms of enlargement policy. But Kyiv and Brussels are putting on the pressure. There is a threat of a dispute at the EU summit in June.
Von Eric Bonse